Summer Tax Deferment - Income Limit $40,000
Summer taxes can be deferred on your principal residence until February 15, 2014, if your 2012 total household income did not exceed $40,000 AND you meet one of the following: 

• 62 years of age or older (by Dec. 1 of prior year), including the unremarried surviving spouse of a person who was 62 years of age or older at the time of death
• Paraplegic or Quadriplegic
• Eligible Serviceman, Eligible Veteran or Eligible Widow
• Blind Person
• Totally and Permanently Disabled

If you are eligible, fill out the Application for Deferment of Summer Taxes. You must complete and return this form, along with a copy of your Michigan Homestead Property Tax Credit Claim MI-1040CR for tax year 2012, to City of Rochester Hills Treasury, 1000 Rochester Hills Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48309. Application must be filed with the City of Rochester Hills Treasury no later than September 17, 2013.

Those approved for summer tax deferment for 2013, may delay the date their 2013 summer and winter property taxes are due without interest or penalty through February 28, 2014, or until they receive their Homestead Property Tax refund from the State. A copy of your Michigan Homestead Property Tax Credit Claim MI-1040CR for tax year 2013, filed with the State prior to February 15, 2014, must be presented to the City Treasurer for this additional deferment.